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IMPROVEMENT 1N NEEDLE-GASES.

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TO` ALL .WHOM IT MAY' CONGERN:

Be it knoiv'n that I, Jonifr F. NEWHALL, of Waltham, in the county of Middlesex,'and Stute of .Massachusette, have invented n. new and iinproved Needle-Case; and I do hereby declare that the following is n. full,l

clear, and exact descriptionithereof, which will enubleothers skilled in the nrt to make and use the seine, reference heng'hncl to theacompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

v lhepresent invention Vrelates to a. useful,'con\=enient, and desirnbleease foi-needles,- und one in which, while theycen be kept from-- becoming corroded by theiaction of the atmospheric elements, they are easy of access, land free to he removed or vreplaced with facility` and readiness. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved needle-'ense is illustmtedn Figure being a central longitudinal section through the needle-case, and Figure 2 azcentral transverse section. Similar letters .of reference indicate like parts. y v

v A, inthe drawings, represents my-improve'd needle-case, which consists of-a hollow cylinder, B, slotted in the direction of, and'lfor the whole of, its length. This cylinder B is closed :it `earch end by head-platesC C, one of which, C, islxed, n md the other, C, is. susceptible of being attachedl to -zindjdetached from the seine at pleasure, tting over the endby its flange a., D, a. spindle, extending loosely through thedetschable'head-plute C, und turning, by its conical' end l,A iii afsuitable-shped bearing ofthe inside face of 4the ixedfheudfplute C.

E, a. knob on the outer end ofy spindle for convenience in turning it. To the spindle D a. strip, F, of woollcn 'flannel is secured at one end, passing out of the ea-se IBv through` its longitudinal slot. G, a strip secured to outer end of -ilonnel strip F, the object of lwhich is to prevent the flannel fromgpcin'g drawn into the caseas it is wound upon'the spindle D. -This 'flannel Fis provided for the needles', in which theyaretc be -inserted in 'the seme manner as in the leaves of the ordinury needle-books. I

From the above description of iny improved needle-case it is plainlyrobyious'that the needles can be kept:`

from corrosion, while, at the saine time, they are free'of acessfor being removed and replaced nt pleasure.A i

' I climras new, and desire to secuxeby Letters Patent-e' The needle-case -constructed as described, consisting of the slotted-cylindrical euse TB, in which the spindle D is pivoted, -whose onter'endis provided with the conical knob E, the needle n'n'nel F, and strip G, as lierein set forth. i

, JOHN Fi NEWHALL. Witnesses: I l I t 

